Finally, the book on content-area reading as useful to math, science, and history teachers as to English teachers! Lively, practical, and irreverent, Subjects Matter offers activities and materials that energize content and engage students in all subject areas. In their teacher-friendly and kid-wise style, Daniels and Zemelman, authors of a dozen influential... more...

Written by three highly experienced educators and authors of the bestselling The Organized Teacher
A valuable resource for new or experienced teachers, providing more material than any other book for the price
Contains highly illustrated reproducible 8-1/2 x 11 worksheets and other materials for immediate classroom use
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Asking the right questions is the answer
This groundbreaking book provides teachers with an accessible, research-based blueprint for developing student metacognitive skills and ensuring that students take responsibility for their own learning. The authors use the findings of cognitive scientists to highlight quality questioning behaviors and... more...

?Video will completely change the way we do professional learning.?
?Jim Knight
Video recordings of teachers in action offer a uniquely powerful basis for improvement. Best-selling professional development expert Jim Knight delivers a surefire method for harnessing the potential of video to reach new levels of excellence in schools. Focus... more...

"Overall this text is a very interesting read with significant applicability to both advisors and faculty. The creative advisor will have no problem synthesizing Materna's ideas and theories of brain-compatible learning strategies into daily interactions with students and faculty." ? Jennifer Varney, Hesser College Use these interactive strategies... more...